M&A Deal Summary

Astorg Partners Acquires Fastmarkets

On June 1, 2023, private equity firm Astorg Partners acquired information services company Fastmarkets from Delinian

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Astorg Partners’ 2nd transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Astorg Partners’ 11th transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2023-06-01
Target Fastmarkets
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Astorg Partners
Sellers(s) Delinian
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Fastmarkets

London, United Kingdom
Fastmarkets is a provider of real-time metals market information. Fastmarkets is used by non-ferrous and precious metals traders and risk managers every day as an important workflow tool. Through its online platform, it provides over 120 proprietary price assessments, combined with exchange data including futures prices from the world’s largest commodity exchanges such as the LME and the CME. It provides coverage of non-ferrous physical premiums plus supporting treasury data supported by market commentary including webcasts directly from the LME floor. Fastmarkets’ respected service also delivers daily technical and fundamental reports to its users. Fastmarkets was founded in 1882 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Astorg Partners

Paris, France

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 22.0B EUR
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Astorg Partners is a private equity firm that targets small to midcap company investments primarily in France and to a limited extent, Western Europe. Astorg Partners looks for companies valued between €400 million and €2 billion, requiring at least €15 million in equity. Areas of interest include healthcare, retail, distribution, hospitality, and professional services. Prospective transaction situations include leverage build-ups, divestitures, family transitions, and secondary buyouts. Astorg Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in Paris and has additional offices in London and Luxembourg.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 63 of 67
Sector (Information Services) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 6
Country (United Kingdom) 11 of 11
Year (2023) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-05-05 hg medical

Raisting, Germany

hg medical is a vertically integrated contract manufacturer for orthopedic implants. Its customers are primarily US-based large medical technology companies, which are supported by hg medical in the technical implementation of product innovations, development services, and individual customer solutions. hg medical was founded in 2007 and is based in Raisting, Germany.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-11-21 Sofico

Gent, Belgium

Sofico is a supplier of mission-critical software solutions for automotive finance, leasing, fleet, and mobility management companies, and its software is used by a broad range of renowned automotive mobility and financial services companies all over the world. Sofico was founded in 1988 and is based in Gent, Belgium.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Delinian

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Media
Revenue 336M GBP (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Delinian is an international publishing, events and electronic information group, delivering business information to the finance, law, energy and transport sectors for over 35 years. Delinian was founded in 1969 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 8
Sector (Information Services) 3 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 7
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 3
Year (2023) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-01-27 Boardroom Insiders

Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States

Boardroom Insiders is a database of 30,000+ executive profiles filled with insight on executive decision-makers that enables enterprise sales and marketing teams to close deals. The Company is based in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Buy $25M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-11-14 Insurance Insider

London, United Kingdom

Insurance Insider is a digital news and intelligence platform for the London insurance and global reinsurance markets. The company helps clients seize new business opportunities and avoid risks by providing breaking news, deep analysis, and actionable insights on the insurance market. Across three products, its intelligence covers the London market, global (re)insurance market, insurance-linked securities market, and US property and casualty market. Insurance Insider was formed in 1996 and is based in London.

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